11-19-2010, 09:37 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2027, 65' 289" PS wheels
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impact driver...on shift lever?
Doesn't seem possible to use a "impact driver" on a shifter stub sticking up on an installed trans...you better have a "dolly". or bucking block to match the blows you are putting on the assembly or there is not going to be any impact to break anything free.
Heat seems better. A machinist friend of mine uses a torch to heat the head of a rusted/locktited bolt...he heats it red, briefly, and then gives it a whack with a hammer. But, those parts are solid mounted...not floating in the breeze like a shifter stub. In this case it was brake calipers on a older 911 Porsce
A impact hammer on a unsupported bolt isn't going to do much but break/bend the part part you are beating on.
All that said, I have been rather disappointed to see any bolt ever installed by me with red or blue, to be easily removed, more or less. I thought I was good at removing any lubricants from the threads, or, maybe my red-locktite is out of date.
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